rags
I'm always needing old rags to clean the bike or the chain, remove excess oil etc. The thing is, once you have used a rag a couple of times to wipe the chain it is covered in muck that is never going to wash out (and would probably just transfer to the inside of your washing machine / washbasin), so I am always needing fresh ones. My old underwear, socks and T-shirts don't develop holes rapidly enough to satisfy my clean rag requirements. What do others do - is it possible to clean really dirty rags (maybe boiling in acid for a few hours...) or do you actually buy them from somewhere?
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Surely you've got neighbours who leave their washing on the line while they're out?0
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Acquire a wife and two teenagers. Their clothes seem to need replacing ten times as often as mine, and a surprising number of sheets, duvet covers, curtains etc also find their way into the garage.
Failing that, I have on occasion cleaned up moderately soiled rags in a bucket of near boiling water with a hefty squirt of washing up liquid and a cup of persil, then agitate violently with a stick.
My rags go through an evolutionary process: brand new, slightly soiled eg used to wash the bike frame, moderately soiled eg used to wipe down wheel rims & brakes after wet ride, and dirty eg used to wipe down soiled chain, sprockets etc. Once they have reached this final stage they go in the bin0 -
i mistakenly thought this thread was about man utd.
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Easy, find your nearest household auction rooms and bid on the hundreds of bags of old clothes that go through every week. Then, spend a few hours sorting through them, I usually come up with a good years supply of rags and I'm a mechanic servicing cars on a regular basis.
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Alternatively you can buy disposable cloths from Halfrauds :-)2010 Lynskey R230
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Go to your local charity shop and buy suitable clothing that can be cut up into cloths. Its a fairly cheap and easy way around this. Sometimes you can pick up a nice soft linen sheet for a couple of quid that will give you more rags than you can shake a stick at.
Also, avoid textiles that are likely to produce lint as cotton lint is a magnet for dirt and dust particles - abrasive. Its always better to cut the cloth with the fibres not against the fibres to avoid lint and never tear the cloth as this produces lots of lint.
When servicing auto transmissions, I used to use lint free cloths. Now you may think this is totally unconnected but if you think about it, an indexed and expensive set of components that cost a bleedin fortune, should really be treated with the same care.
Local car parts shops often sell lint free cloth, so if you want to go the whole hog depending on how much you care for your components, this is the better way.
I use lint free for transmission parts and any old cloth for the rest.
Hope this helps - if not, ignore it !!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Lots of brilliant advice, thanks everyone! Can't believe I never thought of the charity shops and/or auction rooms...0
